Wilkins Coast
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Wilkins Coast () is that portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Agassiz and Cape Boggs. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Sir Hubert Wilkins, who in a pioneer Antarctic exploratory flight on December 20, 1928, flew southward from Deception Island and crossed the Antarctic Peninsula to its east side. He continued southward to Stefansson Strait and Hearst Island, which lie midway along Wilkins Coast.
This article incorporates text from Wilkins Coast, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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